Defence Minister Carme Chacón has ordered the remaining Spanish military forces in Libya, three planes and a frigate, to return home. The frigate is expected to arrive in Rota, Cádiz, on Wednesday.
Four Spanish F-18’s returning home
The Libyan Rebel Air Force, instrumental in toppling the regime of Colonel Muammar Gadhafi, will have four less planes as from Saturday after the Spanish Minister of Defence, Carme Chacón, announced the withdrawal of four Spanish F-18’s from missions within Libya.
Gadaffi not visiting Sevilla
The Libyan leader Muammar al-Gadaffi appears to have cancelled a planned stopover in Sevilla.
What did they expect?
Released Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, who still protests his innocence, was given a hero’s welcome upon his arrival in Libya and has appeared on TV with Colonel Gaddafi.